How many can you answer without looking them up? This should be fun and a queer history lesson for significant queer historical moments. Which of course leads me to wonder what should be included in a quiz about insignificant events of queer history... Boy George rehab moments?

1) In what decade was the first organization established for people with homosexual attractions in the US? What city was it in? What happened to the members?

2) What military branch of the US was the first to do a wide ranging investigation of homosexual behavior? When was this and in what city and who was being investigated? What investigation method led to a public outrage and resulted in a major change to what would be considered as evidence?

3) Who was the gay man who was a major organizer in the civil rights movement for African Americans and who was the primary advisor to and organizer for Dr. King?

4)Name the bisexual first lady who later went on to lead the UN council on human rights and literally wrote the UN policy on the subject.

5) Who was the famous bisexual playwrite who was sent to prison for homosexuality and in what country was he prosecuted? What country was he from? (Though is is usually described as gay we have to deal with the issue of his wife and two kids)

6) Which branch of the US military has had a recent retiring general come out as gay?

7) How did the idea of special clothing (hanky codes) as signs to others who may be gay or bi originate? How was it originally used?

8) When was the Stonewall rebellion? Though the image often portrayed of the Stonewall rebellion is one of white young gay men resisting authority what was the actual ethnic make up of the neighborhood and what age group and ethnicities primarily hit the streets night after night to resist the cops? Did witnesses report that the first resistance outside was by a gay man, lesbian, bisexual or transexual? Did witnesses report that the resistence inside started by a gay man, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered person who first stood up to the cops inside? (hint the fighting inside and outside seemed to have broken out independentlt at about the same moment) What was the sexual orientation of the person most badly beaten on the first night? (he was grabbed off the streets by the cops and dragged into the tavern and beaten by a gang of cops)

9) What was the first television show to feature an openly gay main carachter? (my mom was one of the writers on that show which is why I know that one)

10) What comic book super hero was declared gay by a world famous psychiatrist before a congressional subcommittee in the 1950s? Is he the coolest comic book hero or what?  (you should be able to guess this one)